Book Quotes: Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting In Around the World by Duane Elmer

I recently came across Kindle Notes which shows what you have high-lighted in different books we have read on our kindles.  Here are some highlights I made while reading Cross-Cultural Connection while I lived in Peru as a ‘missionary’.

• But it is also good to see that we are part of God's activity in this world.
• Transforming the way we think takes careful reflection and humility.
• How you do your job affects how people see Christ and respond to your message of Christ's love.
• You represent Christ in your cross-cultural ministry.
• "Culture shock is when you experience frustration from not knowing the rules or having the skills for adjusting to a new culture."
• The God who took Joseph to Egypt is the same one who takes you to a place of service. As he was faithful to Joseph, he will be faithful to you.
• Thank God for bringing you to this place and being with you.
• Remember the word yet. "I can't do it ... yet. It will come.
• God guides you to new places and promises to be with you there. He will never abandon you.
• Suspending judgment is a life skill that builds and preserves relationships.
• Inquiry is simply the art of asking questions. A good dose of curiosity helps.
• Even in new relationships, trust starts with small acts and builds into a solid and healthy relationship. Patience pays off.
• But God has an important purpose for you being right where you are. He has something important for you and for the host country people. By persevering you will see the wondrous things God has in store. Virtually anything important will have some struggle attached to it. Those struggles will make you stronger and wiser if you don't give up.
• Thoughts-be guided by the positive, the good and the constructive, resisting the tendency to blame and fault others.• Speech-be guided by words of grace and sensitivity, resisting the harsh and judgmental.• Actions-be guided by acts of love, gentleness, and kindness, resisting the sharp and abrasive.
• Mission is at least as much driven by love as by task.
• Ultimately, worship is the soul reaching out to God in praise and adoration.
• We have the opportunity to learn from each other and grow together. We need each other.
• The greatest church growth in Latin America is among the churches where there is high expression in worship.
• As we think about being a sojourner, let's remember that the Lord himself is watching over us in our cross-cultural entries and re-entries.
• "The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever" (Psalm 121:8).